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8300 W. Sam Houston S. Houston, TX 77072

281-988-4750

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Houston Press
Recommended
Best Crawfish
Award Winner 2009

Cuisine(s): Seafood

Hours: 3 to 10 p.m. Mondays through Fridays; noon to 10 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays

Price: $, $$
Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa

Serving: Dinner, Lunch

Reservations: Not Accepted
Parking: Lot Available

Description

Boiling Crab is the most popular crawfish joint in town. It's a Vietnamese-style crawfish and boiled-seafood restaurant. Vietnamese- style means spicy -- you can also get garlic butter, lemon pepper or Cajun flavoring added to your boiled seafood. There are several varieties of crab and hot boiled lobsters.

2009 | Best Crawfish

Owned by a former shrimp and crab fisherman from Seadrift, the Boiling Crab is the most popular crawfish restaurant in Houston and part of a new wave of Vietnamese-style crawfish restaurants that are popping up all over the Little Saigon neighborhood. The first location was opened in Southern California in 2003. There are now several Boiling Crabs in California, one in Dallas and one in Houston. The Vietnamese-Cajun crawfish are boiled and then tossed with mild, medium, spicy or extra-spicy... More »

The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 10 Crawfish Joints

By Katharine Shilcutt | Fri, February 17, 2012
Keeping It Simple at Spanky Crawfish and Bar

By Minh T Truong | Wed, July 27, 2011

There is no shortage of places to get crawfish in Chinatown. During crawfish season familiar names like Boiling Crab and Crawfish and Noodles are packed with eager patrons ready for their crawfish fi... More »
Suck the Head!

By Katharine Shilcutt | Thu, March 17, 2011

It's not officially crawfish season yet. Exhibit A: Danton's, my go-to for serious Cajun food, isn't stocking them. Exhibit B: Neither is BB's Cajun Café or Goode Co. Seafood. And it won't be until at least the end of the month, if not next month.... More »
Crawfish Season's Tail End

By Robb Walsh | Thu, June 04, 2009

Seafood dealer Jim Gossen sat in the booth across from me at Boiling Crab. It was the first time I had ever seen him with tears in his eyes. No, Gossen wasn't overcome by his emotions — the crawfish were so damn spicy, they were making his eyes wa... More »

Main Menu

Main

Blue Crab
(seasonal)

Per 6 $6.99
Dz $12.99

Oysters
(raw)

Dungeness Crab
(seasonal)

King Crab Legs

Snow Crab Legs

Lobster Tail

Lobster

Crawfish
(seasonal)

Per Lb $9.99

Shrimp

Pick A Sesoning

Rajun Cajun
(original)

Lemon Pepper

Garlic Butter

The Whole Sha-bang!
(all the above)

I Like It Fried
All Baskets Come W/ Cajun Fries

$9.99

Fried Catfish
basket

$9.99

Fried Shrimp
basket

$9.99

Fried Oyster
basket

$9.99

Soft Shell Crab
basket

$8.99

Fried Calamari

Per 6 $4.99
Per 10 $6.99

Cajun Hot Wings

Extras

Cup $5.99

Gumbo
w/ or w/o rice

Ea $1.75

Corn On The Cob

3 $1.50

Potatoes

Lb $7.99

Sausages

$2.99

Cajun Fries

$4.99

Sweet Potato Fries

Ea $0.50

Extra Condiments
(butter, ket/mayo, mayo, g’s sea-sauce, ranch, tartar, cocktail)

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Boiling Crab

8300 W. Sam Houston S. Houston, TX 77072

281-988-4750

Description

2009 | Best Crawfish

By Katharine Shilcutt | Fri, February 17, 2012

By Minh T Truong | Wed, July 27, 2011

By Katharine Shilcutt | Thu, March 17, 2011

By Robb Walsh | Thu, June 04, 2009